Wire fence



(No Model.)

J. TAGGART.

WIRE FENCE.

Patented Apr. 13,

WITNESSES loL'lumgrapher. Wauhington. n c

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more particularly described and claimed.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES TAGGART, on BOWLING GREEN, INDIANA.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,823, dated April 13, 1886. Application filed DecemberQB, IP85. Serial No. 186,399. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1', JAMEs TAGGART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bowling Green, in the county of Clay and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vire Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to wire fences; and it consists of a portable wire fence made in sections having a lever-post for supporting the wire and stretching the same, as hereinafter My invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of my improvement as a whole, and Fig. 2 a detail showing post and stretching device.

In the drawings, A is a lower portion of a I post, which may be metal or wood, sharpened and provided with a shoulder, b, and shank 0.

B is a flat bar, constituting a lever and the upper part of the post. It is secured to the I shank c by means of serew-bolts and washers, as shown at d 0, so that its lower end is pivoted thereto just above the shoulder b. The upper end of the bar B is provided with a bolt, f.

G and H are upper and lower double and twisted strands of wire, twisted so as to form loopsi at intervals, and by means of the loops at the ends these wires are secured to the upper bolt, f, on the lever-bar B, and to the top bolt, d, on the shank.

L are intermediate stays for the fence, also consisting of a double wire twisted to form loops. These stays are put through the loops tin the upper and lower horizontal strands, and are secured to the upper wire by means of pieces of wire or barbs m.

Both the stays and horizontal wires may be provided with barbs, if desired, or they may be dispensed with.

A section of fence will consist of two posts and their lever-bars, the horizontal wires, and their stays. Additional horizontal strands of wire may be added, if desired, put through the loops of the stays, and the bars B may be provided with additional holes or bolts to receive them.

To put sections of this fence in position and to stretch the wires, the posts are inserted in the ground, the upper bolt, d. is withdrawn from the shank c, the bar B thrown to one side. The upper wire is then secured to the bar by the upper bolt, f. The bar is then drawn back to a vertical position, when the lower one is attached to the bar by means of the bolt d, and when the bolts are tightened the whole section is held tight and rigidly in place. The bar B may also be used as a lever to aid in extracting the lower part or stump ofthe post.

By making the lever-bar and post separable either the stump or the bar may be removed and replaced by new parts when the same become worn out or broken.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- An improved fence made in panels, consist- 2 ing of longitudinal strands of wire to which are secured vertical wires and posts, each of which posts comprisesa lower section adapted to be driven into the ground, and having a shouldered recess at its upper end, an upper section pivoted to the lower section in said recess, and provided at its top with a stud on which to secure the upper strand of the panel, and a screw-bolt passed through the two sections above the pivot for attachment thereto of thelower strand of a panel, and at the same time for holding the upper section of the post ;in a vertical position, as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES TAGGART.

Witnesses:

CLINTON M. THOMPSON, PHILIP A. MOALLISTER. 

